There Is No Nation So Powerful, As

When A Government Lasts A Long While, It Deteriorates By Insensible Degrees. Republics End Through Luxury, Monarchies Through Poverty.

It Is Unreasonable ... To Oblige A Man Not To Attempt The Defense Of His Own Life.

Law In General Is Human Reason, Inasmuch As It Governs All The Inhabitants Of The Earth: The Political And Civil Laws Of Each Nation Ought To Be Only The Particular Cases In Which Human Reason Is Applied.

Religious Wars Are Not Caused By The Fact That There Is More Than One Religion, But By The Spirit Of Intolerance... The Spread Of Which Can Only Be Regarded As The Total Eclipse Of Human Reason.

Slowness Is Frequently The Cause Of Much Greater Slowness.